MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 08:43
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 653 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 107 Parallax 100 81% 102 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 100 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 171GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7241 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 19 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1534910559	110% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 407 Mixed 218 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 48.7 172% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 129 133% 218 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 39GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 122112151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 92384746544155 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 48 90197458977 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 90197458977 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 122112151 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 122112151 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 122112151 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 21474836480 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1289 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1804 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1804 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3230	58.3% Above average	Read 371 Write 185 Mixed 207 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 10.9 87% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 45.2 67% 124 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 83%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6007 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 36 (B1) Unknown 0 0 503 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 99 (E7) Temperature 97 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13 (EA) Unknown 0 0 142 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23006 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14474	87.8% Excellent	Read 504 Write 299 Mixed 332 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 31.5 127% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 71.5 101% 185 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 877GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895160 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2832 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2832 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 193274904605 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 146 Mixed 71.6 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.13 61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 107%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 126 Write 134 Mixed 118 163% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.31 102% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 883 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2.5TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 37.4 Write 38.1 Mixed 16.9 38% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 0423 Dark-1600 0423 Dark-1600 0423 Dark-1600 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) - $127

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	975x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	648x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	228x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	210x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16